i love loona's pre-debut project. and jaden jeong is definitely an ikuhara fan and i can prove.

— sailor moon

• both are coming of age with similar key themes
• luna / artemis
• odd eye circle's uniforms
• moon prism power reference! ('sweet crazy love' music video)
• members handsigns at the fan meetings
• it's not ikuhara, but he participates

— shoujo kakumei utena

• the shadow girls + plateu's cave mith ('one & only' music video)
• princess arquetipe ('kiss later' and 'one & only' music video)
• metaphorical dead × rebirth (yyxy's music videos)
• woman×woman relationship as metaphor for discover of shadow / yourself (yyxy's music videos)
• herman hesse's 'demian' references (vivi × olivia theory)
• 'egoist' teaser resembles utena opening
• stairs and elevators! ('new', 'egoist', 'hi high' music videos)
• woman empowering woman
• chuu = chu chu?
• BURN

— mawaru penguindrum

• HHH in both!
• heejin and haseul hair pins have same color of hibari and hikari (loona tv)
• duality / light × shadow concept
• choerry says "imagine" at transformation like himari/princess of crystal ('love cherry motion' music video)
• yeojin and haseul shirt colors at are the same color of himari's brothers ('love cherry motion music video)
• vivi's flashback in the aquarium resembles himari's death location (cinema theory hidden video)
• jinsoul metro scene ('sweet crazy love' music video)
• frogs ('kiss later' music video)
• apples! + penguin + elevator ('new' music video)
• chuu as onigome ringo ('heart attack' music video)
• alice in the wonderland references
• destiny!
• circles, looping, möbius
• the red string of fate in kim lip's outfits ('eclipse' music video)

— yuri kuma arashi

• the moon girl x the forest girl
• woman×woman relationship as metaphor for discover yourself / shadow
• animal conterpart
• olivia eyes shining ('egoist' music video)
• red light = suffering ('egoist' music video)
• bed + plumes + embrace the darkness olivia despair resembles ringo's despair ('egoist' music video)
• the roof encounter as finding yourself metaphor ('egoist music video')
• a character is robotized... like vivi?
• all girls school + strict blonde teacher ('love 4 eva' music video)
• the flower bite moment ('love 4 eva' music video)

not ikuhara, but others anime references

— the girl jumps the time

• hi high music video (heejin scenes especially)
• time travel (xx teaser)

— mahou shoujo madoka☆magica

• heejin = godess + pink / olivia = beast + black
• time travel / looping (xx teaser)

— even no jikan

• robot × human trope (vivi × yves)
• explicit mention (yves teaser photo)

— the daughters of armian

• explicit mention (jaden jeong's instagram photo)
• princess turns queen (coming of age) trope

– neon genesis evangelion

• ayanami's death artms - birth mv